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591. IOR/L/PS/9/76/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/376
Title:
Part of a Letter from Samuel Manesty to Edward Stephenson
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Acting Envoy to Persia [Iran], to Captain Edward Stephenson, Commander of the ship Panther, sent from a camp near Kazeroon [Kazerun] and dated 6 March 1804. The letter contains instructions to Stephenson for the execution of the duties of Resident in Bussor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

592. IOR/L/PS/9/71/46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/46
Title:
‘Substance of a communication by an officer who deserted from the Russian camp’
Scope & Content:
The substance of a communication from a Russian officer who has deserted, along with a private, from Sheesha [Shusha] during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. The officer reported that Sheesha and the surrounding area are occupied by only a small number of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1827-Sep 1827
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

593. IOR/L/PS/9/76/92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/92
Title:
Report on Syria
Scope & Content:
A report compiled by John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, concerning the feasibility of a French army reaching the Euphrates and the entrance to the Persian Gulf from Syria. It covers issues including: The grain surplus in Aleppo Roads from Latichia [Latakia] and Alexandretta [Iskenderun] to the Eu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1799
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

594. IOR/L/PS/9/76/248

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/248
Title:
Correspondence of Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. Notes on a meeting between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and the Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] on 6 June 1802. The meeting mainly concerns the recent sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] by the Wahabys [Wahhā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1802-12 Jul 1802
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

595. IOR/L/PS/9/76/298

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/298
Title:
Correspondence of Jonathan Lovett
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. A report of intelligence received from Yezd [Yazd], signed by Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], and dated 17 September 1803. The report describes affairs in Afghanistan and Khorasan, including the rule of Mahmoud [Mahmūd Shāh Durrānī], the movements of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1803-Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

596. IOR/L/PS/9/21, f 330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/21, f 330
Title:
MAP OF OMAN SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIBES COMPILED FOR OFFICIAL USE BY E. C. ROSS, Political Agent, MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
The map shows Oman, indicating the distribution of the principal tribes. This information was compiled by Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent at Muscat, in 1872. The map also indicates three tables of the principal tribes within Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872?
Extent:
1 map sheet

597. IOR/L/PS/9/67/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/34
Title:
Extract of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translated extract from an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 28 Moharram 1216 AH [10 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports a battle near Ghizni [Ghaznī] l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 June 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

598. IOR/L/PS/9/67/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/67/35
Title:
Translation of a Paper of Intelligence Respecting Zemann Shah
Scope & Content:
A translation of an intelligence paper dated Amrutsur [Amritsar], 1 Safar 1216 AH [14 June 1801], concerning conflict in Afghanistan between Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrāni] and the supporters of his brother Mahmood [Mahmūd Durrāni]. The paper reports the defection of Ahmed Khan Noorzee [Nūrzai]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

599. IOR/L/PS/9/70/158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/70/158
Title:
‘Memorandum of Conferences with H.R.H. Abbas Meerza’
Scope & Content:
Memorandum of the conferences between John McNeill, the assistant to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, and Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. In the memorandum McNeill reports having informed Abbas Meerza of intel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1826?
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

600. IOR/L/PS/9/71/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/71/10
Title:
Enclosure 49/8 to letter of 22 Jun 1827
Scope & Content:
This item consists of two Russian military communications during the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Iran] in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]: An intercepted letter from General Peskowitch [Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], Governor-General of Georgia, to General Benkendo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Jun 1827
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)